"I worked extremely hard every single day": Andy Murray 'proud' of his effort to overcome ankle injury ahead of French Open

Britain’s tennis star Andy Murray has revealed that he is ‘proud’ of making to another French Open. The 36-year-old struggled with fitness concerns throughout his career and it was because of this reason, he announced retirement after the 2018 Australian Open.

However, Murray miraculously returned to the court after some time and is still playing at the highest level. The three-time Grand Slam winner suffered an ankle injury in March earlier this year, which ruled him out of action for a couple of months and also raised doubts about his participation at the Roland Garros.

Murray, who has managed to return to full fitness and is set to take part in the upcoming mega-event where he will face Switzerland’s veteran tennis star Stan Wawrinka in the opening round on Sunday, was recently quoted in a report where he stated that he is ‘proud’ of making to another French Open despite having to face severe fitness challenges and revealed that he worked extremely hard off-the-court which has paid dividends.

"Initially I was expecting to miss the French and not play any clay at all,” he said. "So to be here and feeling pretty healthy, and the ankle being good, is a huge bonus. I was surprised with that because I could quite ­easily have felt sorry for myself, taken a break and not done the rehab as well as I did.

"I’m proud of that. It would have been easy to have looked at it a ­different way, and I worked really hard to get back, and that’s one of the reasons why I was able to come back a bit sooner than I anticipated.”

"I was surprised how I was during the rehab - I felt really, really motivated. I worked extremely hard every single day with my team and physio, there were no breaks or holidays to feel sorry for myself. I just did the work."